India: Elderly couple killed on suspicion of practising black magic

An elderly couple, suspected to be practising black magic, was killed allegedly by three women in Chhattisgarh’s tribal dominated-Jashpur district, police said.

Paatrik Kujur (62) and his wife Alveshiya (58) were beaten to death by the women of their village Anghla under Aasta police station limits on suspicion of practising witchcraft, Jashpur Additional Superintendent of Police Neha Pandey said.

Recent Tweets

Latest Videos

Follow us

The Witchcraft and Human Rights Information Network (WHRIN) is a Community Interest Company (Company No.8281077), which means that we operate on
a not-for-profit basis. Any profits that we make will be reinvested into developing WHRIN and supporting community level campaigns around the world to eradicate witchcraft accusations.